Unearthing The secret garden the plants and places that inspired Frances Hodgson Burnett

Preface -- Before The secret garden. The locked door: England & America (1849-1897) ; Finding the key: Maytham Hall, Kent (1898-1908) -- Inside The secret garden. A gardener's guide to The secret garden: Misselthwaite Manor, Yorkshire -- After The secret garden. Nest building: Plandome Park...

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1. Verfasser: McDowell, Marta (VerfasserIn)
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Veröffentlicht: Portland, Oregon Timber Press 2021
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Zusammenfassung:Preface -- Before The secret garden. The locked door: England & America (1849-1897) ; Finding the key: Maytham Hall, Kent (1898-1908) -- Inside The secret garden. A gardener's guide to The secret garden: Misselthwaite Manor, Yorkshire -- After The secret garden. Nest building: Plandome Park, New York (1909-1920 ; A new bit of earth: Clifton Heights, Bermuda (1912-1920) ; When the sun went down: Clifton Heights & Plandome Park (1921-1924) -- Outside The secret garden. Further garden writings of Frances Hodgson Burnett ; Frances's plants: an annotated list -- Afterword: Sowing seeds / by Keri Wilt
McDowell delves into the professional and gardening life of Frances Hodgson Burnett, the writer who dominated the literary world of her time. A lover of flowers and gardens, Burnett's path to literary triumph was a long one. McDowell reminds us why Burnett's 1911 novel, The secret garden, continues to touch readers after more than a century
Beschreibung:320 Seiten
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21 cm
ISBN:9781604699906
978-1-60469-990-6